Aeolian desertification and its causes in the Zoige Plateau of China's Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1731-1740

  Dong, Zhibao ^a   Hu, Guangyin ^a   Yan, Changzhen ^a   Wang, Wenli ^a   Lu, Junfeng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian desertification desertification causes high altitude and cold regions china

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LAND RECLAMATION; TEMPERATURE; WATERWORKS;

CLIMATIC VARIATION; COLD REGIONS; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; SEMI-ARID LANDS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARID REGION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERTIFICATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; SEMIARID REGION; UPLAND REGION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; ZOIGE PLATEAU;

EID: 77955145580     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0155-9     Document Type: Article

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